An event driven read-out system for a novel PET scanner with compton enhanced 3-D gamma reconstruction

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1156-1161

  Dragone, A ^a   Corsi, F ^a   Marzocca, C ^a   Losito, P ^b   Pasqua, D ^b   Nappi, E ^c   De Leo, R ^c   Seguinot J ^d   Braem, A ^e   Chesi, E ^e   Joram, C ^e   Weilhammer, P ^e   Garibaldi, F ^f   Zaidi, H ^g  

^a POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

^b Microlaben Srl   (Italy)

^c INFN SEZIONE DI BARI   (Italy)

^d Paris Sciences et Lettres   (France)

^e CERN   (Switzerland)

^f ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^g GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIFO; HYBRID PHOTON DETECTORS (HPD); IDEAS VATAGP5 CHIP; SCINTILLATION CRYSTALS;

GAMMA RAYS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; PHOTODETECTORS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SCANNING; SENSORS; TRIGGER CIRCUITS;

DATA ACQUISITION;

EID: 33746335653     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2006.875149     Document Type: Article

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